World News at a Glance

Myanmar Generals Should Face Genocide Charges, Panel Says

Myanmar’s army commander and other top generals should face trial in an international court for genocide against Rohingya Muslims and for crimes against humanity targeting other ethnic minorities, U.N. experts said Monday after a yearlong investigation. Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, the commander in chief of Myanmar’s army, is one of six generals named as priority subjects for investigation and prosecution by a U.N. Fact Finding Mission. The most serious charge, genocide, was over the campaign unleashed by the Buddhist-majority security forces against Rohingya Muslims last year. That campaign, in Rakhine state, sent more than 700,000 fleeing across the border to Bangladesh.

Ally of South Korean Leader Conspired to Rig Online Opinion, Inquiry Finds

A close political ally of President Moon Jae-in of South Korea conspired with a team of online bloggers to illegally influence public opinion before Moon’s election last year, a special counsel said Monday. The special counsel, Huh Ik-bum, found no evidence that Moon himself was involved in the alleged scheme. Huh also did not determine whether or how much Moon profited politically from the online operation. Kim Kyoung-soo, one of Moon’s closest aides, was accused of working with a blogger that posted numerous online comments or generated millions of “likes” or “dislikes” to enhance perceptions of Moon leading up to his May 2017 election.

U.S. Commander Urges More Transparency in Yemen Strike on School Bus

The top U.S. air commander in the Middle East is urging the Saudi-led coalition of Arab nations to be more forthcoming about an investigation into an airstrike in northern Yemen earlier this month that struck a school bus, killing more than 40 children. The comments by Lt. Gen. Jeffrey L. Harrigian reflected increasing exasperation by U.S. officials over the conflict that has spiraled into a humanitarian disaster. "There’s a level of frustration we need to acknowledge,” Harrigian said in a telephone interview last week. “They need to come out and say what occurred there.”

After 20 Years, an Arrest in a Dutch Cold Case

For 20 years, Dutch police investigated the rape and murder of 11-year-old Dutch schoolboy Nicky Verstappen. Now, after an investigation in which 17,500 Dutchmen voluntarily took part in DNA profiling, a suspect has been arrested in Spain. Verstappen was taken from a summer camp in 1998 and raped and killed. Eventually, 17,500 Dutchmen volunteered to provide DNA for the investigation. Jos Brech, a 55-year-old Dutchman who had been a person of interest in the murder and had provided DNA previously, was found to be a match for the DNA found on Verstappen’s pajamas. Spanish police arrested Brech outside Barcelona on Sunday.

North Korean State Media Denounce U.S. as Diplomacy Stalls

North Korean state media criticized the United States for “extremely provocative and dangerous military moves” in Pacific waters and warned that the diplomacy forged in the June summit meeting could be in jeopardy. The articles were the first official comments from North Korea since President Donald Trump said Friday that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was canceling his plan to travel to Pyongyang. The Korean Central News Agency reported that U.S. “special units” had flown about 745 miles to the Philippines. It described the exercise as preparing for an “infiltration into Pyongyang,” which could be done with a “change of direction.”

Airstrike Near Tajikistan Border Kills Taliban, Afghans Say

An airstrike killed six Taliban insurgents along the border of Tajikistan and Afghanistan, an area where cross-border attacks are rare, Afghan officials said Monday. The officials said the strike was carried out Sunday by Tajikistan’s air force. Tajik forestry officials surrounded and attacked a group of Taliban drug smugglers who had crossed the border and were just inside Tajik territory, according to Ahmad Jawad Hijri, a spokesman for the governor of Takhar province in northern Afghanistan. Two forestry officials were killed in the confrontation, he said, and the Tajik air force then responded with the strike, which killed six Taliban insurgents.